[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 96 (Thursday, June 26, 2003)]
[House]
[Page H5941]
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                        House of Representatives

  The House met at 10 a.m.
  Rabbi Milton Balkany, Dean, Bais Yaakov of Brooklyn, New York, 
offered the following prayer:
  Our Father in Heaven, the majestic sequoias tower over the Alpine 
expanses, and yet they continue to stretch upward toward the Sun. The 
mighty Colorado River carved the awesome grandeur of the Grand Canyon 
eons ago, yet it continues to surge ever onward. The thrashing tide of 
the Atlantic has brought innumerable ships to port, and yet the waves 
ebb and flow without cease. I stand here today among the jewels of our 
Nation, among men and women who are precious, who radiate dedication, 
and they have been selected as the leaders of our land. And I pray to 
You, O Lord, that they too remain unsatisfied with yesterday. Let them 
grow with insight and turn the tide for our land, for we need them, 
their wisdom, devotion and energy, now more than ever. Amen.

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